Who doesn’t like animation? All people from kids to adult are love animation as entertainment. Even animation TV series is one of the important parts of our growing age. Animation could be easily found in many things, from TV serials, movies, to commercials.

From the early days to the 90’s, animation was made using analogue technology. It means that every character and scenes are draw manually before it filmed. That is the reason why production of an animation movie needs lots of resources and time. With the development of digital technology, animation comes to the advance level. Computer graphic technology brings animation to the digital era. Off course the character comes from a sketch but most of scenes are generated using computer graphic technology.

There are advance features of computer generated animation. Using digital technology, the animation becomes much smoother and close to reality. Computer graphic technology also allows special effects applied to animation and make it like a real scenes. Even computer graphic technology is not only used in animation. It is widely used in movie production to create lots of special effects. Computer graphic technology is like a new revolution in movie industry. However, it doesn’t make analogue technology to extinct. Some studios prefer to use the old way to produce animation movie.

Since it first created, animation has been used in many fields. We find animation in cartoon serials, animation movies, and commercials. Even when we turn on our TV today, it is very easy to find animation shows.

Animation has a close relationship with television industry. Animation first appeared in TV shows before it comes to cinema. Well, most of us must be very familiar with cartoon serials in TV during our childhood. In early days, animation created from drawings. It needs lots of artists to draw each scene to create an animation movie. Since the computer technology was created and developed, digital technology brings animation to a new level.

Unlike in analogue technology, animation created using computer graphic technology. With digital technology, it allows creation of advance characters and scenes that close to the reality. Not to mention the special effects created with computer graphic technology that makes the animation seems to be real. Today, most of animation movies made with digital technology. With this advance technology, we can have great movies that even unlike animation. 3D animation won’t be possible without computer technology. Digital technology could create many things that are impossible in analogue animation. It really brings animation to the next level.